Strong northerly tailwind this morning so I busted a nut trying to set new Strava segments. I also notice that the good weather brings out the fancy commute bikes. Last night I saw I guy riding home on a Specialized Tarmac with SRAM Rred and Zipp 404s. This morning a guy was commutting on a Cervelo.

TailWind wrote:I see him indicate to turn left into a driveway, but he must have seen me and changes his mind, carries on, makes a right at the next circle. I follow.

you should have said to him coldly "i know where you live mate" and rode off, leaving him wondering if you were going to pay him a visit (which i'd recommend not doing - leaving him wondering is enough).

Good ride in this morning after the first km.Crossing at the lights near home (with a bike / ped crossing) went across with the green light and as I am to cross the ped crossing at the left turn bay the first car did the usual thing of speeding up "I will not let the cyclist pass - I have a smokebox and I pay rego" attitude. No biggy I slow and let the goose pass - see the following car slow (with a two car length gap) so I start to proceed - then car just keeps coming. Emergency stop so that the lady will only hit front wheel if lucky - then she sees me and stops. 1m to spare - she waves a big sorry. I yell no problem and ride on - she could have had the rising sun in her eyes or simply didn't look. Note to self more care there in the morning in case it is the sun.

The rest of the ride was good including when I got on the M7 shared pathway there was a rider 100m behind me who saw me and looked keen for a chase. It was on and I held him off the 6km till my exit. He closed on the hills but the flat sections and down hills gave me enough space to stay away. Don't know if it was a serious chase but I'm claiming it anyway - today the rabbit got away.

TW - good effort, but your attempt at flying doesnt beat mine...you just hit a car, I tried a truck. Good to see you back riding again...and the pics reaffirm why I went with a Titanium frame over carbon.

they say things come in threes...I just hope the third accident, hoping it doesnt happen, isnt a serious one for anyone. I am a still a little jittery and was very aware of the cars on my first commute this morning for a long time...had a dual cab ute shave me this morning...is that 30 secs gained going to really make such a difference

Body held up pretty well, not that sore .... yet.

Weather is nice here today so hopefully the ride home will be a good one.

gretaboy wrote:Looks like I have missed a bit since not being on the bikeTW - good effort, but your attempt at flying doesnt beat mine...you just hit a car, I tried a truck.

Hey gretaboy, welcome back!! Yeah, I would have been a lot worse off had I impacted an unmovable object. This way I only gouged my shins/side of calf on the bottom of the dropbar on the way over the car - still hurts like buggery though, even now. The landing was pretty tame despite the 35 km/h launch velocity ...

hahaha my launch was at 35 km/h as well....I am still amazed at how few injuries I received as a result

does knock the confidence a bit though doesnt it...

the bike felt a little weird this morning, really noticed it...didnt feel like an extension of me, like prior to my accident

GR - thanks...the aggro is because of the hints at warm weather I reckon...I am dreading the warm weather purely because it seems to bring the P platers out of hibernation and their pitiful attempts at trying to scare cyclists

Uneventful ride yesterday afternoon - for a change...This morning's ride in was warm, and for some reason, the streets were swarming with taxis between 4:30 and 5:30am, one of which raced towards a traffic circle I was just riding through, looking like he had no intention of giving way. Already saw myself becoming a hood ornament, but he pulled up hard eventually, probably only because there was another car just behind me going through the circle in on of the other lanes ..

Good and bad for me this morning. Bunch ride to Redcliffe is always pleasant. However a new lady came along this morning. Unfortunately she crashed. . Both her and the bike were banged up but able to continue.

Then... Coming into town a young lady had crashed behind the grammar schools and apparently broken a shoulder or collar bone. Ambos in attendance. .

Somtheing new - a runner tried to step sideways through me on the narrow way to the pyrmont bridge. We bumped shoulder to shoulder - he was built like a jogger, I am built like a prop forward - he bounced off & back where he came from.

Something old - oh so old - later I was riding up a narrow one way street, cars parked all up one side. Naturall I ride a metre or so out from the parked cars. Doesn't leave room for passing cars but it keeps me out of the door zone. Our brain dead mate decides he can squeeze through anyway - side of his car would have been 10-15 cm from me. It turns out that his number plate is clearly visible on the video, so it seems I may have to find the time to learn how to copy the MP4 to a DVD & pay the local cops a visit.

Of course the delightful irony is that all he achieved was getting to the red light earlier & when I arrived it appears a rhetorical question slipped "why would you pull that stupid stunt?"

It was certainly hot out there today. Amazed at how many riders there are in groups on Saturday mornings - Sundays are nowhere near as busy.

Came across a friend from way back who held up traffic at the lights as he tried to get my attention - unfortunatley my eyes are not that good anymore at seeing thru glass into cars so he had to then pull up next to me. Nice to see you Woody.

Very humid indeed in the Wild West metropole - sweaty Betty! Felt good otherwise after circumstances forced me onto four wheels TWICE last week, hiss.

And I share the dismay about the forecast for the rest of the week - my early-stage upgradeitis is progressing and I had booked a sneaky day's leave to take myself off test-riding, well I can't see shops being wildly enthusiastic about that idea in the wet

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